[Gunhead]

I spent the night on the range with my new hobby - high speed ballistic photography.

Hope you guys enjoy the pics just as much as I enjoyed making them... :D


(Yes, that the bullet caught on camera.)

http://web.axelero.hu/szlejer2/hsp-d-sm.jpg

http://web.axelero.hu/szlejer2/hsp-c-sm.jpg

http://web.axelero.hu/szlejer2/hsp-a-sm2.jpg

[Third_Rail]

Wow. VERY nice photos. Keep that up!

[Gunpacker]

One comment, to sharpen up your picture of the bullet in flight, the trick is to follow the bullet with the camera. Background will blur, but bullet will be in sharp detail.;)

[uglygun]

Pretty darn nice.

Excellent lighting with good contrast.


When will we get a shot of a 50BMG being lit off :)

[psyopspec]

If gun porn exists, these are the playmates of the year :p

[orangeninja]

Pretty cool.

[tc300mag1]

Excellent espically the Wheelie pic

[Pocomoke]

Outstanding!!!

[Hatton7]

what kind of round was out of the six-shooter? Do all wheelguns look like that when fired?

[rust collector]

But pistol #2 is a new one on me. I assume it's an older .22 target pistol but it's a new one on me.

[Rosstradamus]

Beautiful.

[Sungun09]

S&W model 640 ? (.357)... let me check my fanny pack...

[Indy7373]

Okay, that was cool. I even called in various others from different rooms to come look at those.

[JimJD]

Nice!
:D

[bytor94]

Awesome Pics!!! :)

[Kevlarman]

What kind of camera and setting did you use?

Great pics BTW! Would make some great wallpaper if we can see some bigger versions!

[Black_Talon]

Do you have some webspace to post a hi-res version of the revolver pic? I'd love to use it as wallpaper.

Can you email me a hi-res version if you don't have the webspace?

Thanks!

[Demon440]

got my new wallpaper

Thanks

[Justin]

I'd love to know more about the techy side of this. Does it take a special kind of camera?

I assume that the lighting setup is pretty intense since the exposure time must be amazingly short.

[laser monkey]

Very nice pics.

[DWS1117]

Awesome work. True gun porn. These are probably some of the most amazing gun photos I have ever seen.

What is the gun in the second picture? I also second the requst for hi-res versions for wallpaper.

[Bridger]

Very nice! Any chance of getting some shotgun pics?

[Standing Wolf]

Sweet! Are you shooting with an open lens?

[Selfdfenz]

That has to be worth the coveted "Clever High Roader of the Month" award.....with three oak leaf clusters.

Have to ask...the second auto is a ??

S-

[4v50 Gary]

Ichiro Nagata, watch out!

The quality of the photos I've seen on this site makes me think there is some real magazine quality talent here at THR & TFL.:D

[WhoKnowsWho]

Very cool! Would be neat to see some rifles too!

[Kaxter]

Awesome pics.

[Warbow]

Whoa, that's really cool. Got any more?

[Yooper]

Very impressive, nice work! What type of camera was used?

[Gunhead]

Thanks guys!

I used a Canon 10D digital SLR camera with flash and a piezo-electric sound trigger. The exposition time was around 0,02 millisec, unfortunately not short enough to freeze the bullet. (Only a $5000 microflash can do that.) The shots were made in complete darkness - the range master was a bit uneasy about that, but we used extra safety measures.

The 1st gun is a FÉG ACK .45ACP pistol shooting FMJ.

The 2nd is a russian made MCM (or Margolin) .22LR pistol with high velocity ammo.
(It's cheap and beats the tar out of *any* target pistol under $1500 in terms of accuracy.)

The 3rd is a SW 640 in .38spec.
The ammo was some kind of Fiocchi JHP I think.


More (STI Edge, P7, P228 and so) coming soon...

[freeride21a]

very nice... was wondering how you timed it.

i got some daytime ones.. i was mostly going for frozen brass in the air...but good side effect. Yours on the other hand friggin RULE!
canon 20D 1/3200 so at 1200fps the bullet travleled 4.5ish inches in the photo.
http://000buck.d2g.com/gunstock04/bullet-01.jpg

[S_O_Laban]

Very nice, both of you. That looks like a glock 18?? I had gone to a shoot at John Ross's this weekend and he had one we could play with, very fun.....:D :D

[Gunhead]

freeride21a,

Wow, great shot! I never had much luck with flying brass, not to mention catching bullets on "film" in daylight.

[griz]

Excellent! I like the wheelgun too.
On the daytime pic, I don't think I've ever seen a bullet trace from the side like that.
All are great pics.
:D
Thanks, Griz

[mfree]

The wheelgun pic shows beautifully why it's important to grease the chamber in blockpowder revolvers, that's a nasty chainfire waiting to happen otherwise :)

Black powder photography? I wonder what the min shutter speed on my Nikkormat FTN is (or if it matters, mechanical shutter...)

*does the math anyways* .625 milliseconds... I wonder if the mechanical shutter would ruin me?

[Gunhead]

mfree,

The shutter speed doesn't matter. All you need is a flash wired to an IR or sound trigger.

[Lightsped]

AWESOME pics! Keep up the good work!

[Skunkabilly]

WORD!!!!!!! :cool:

[Amish_Bill]

Drool.....

Have the 10D...

<rooting through the parts bin for some chewing gum & baling wire to make an audio triggger....>

[Red Tornado]

Wow! Double Plus cool!:D

[CZguy]

Do you have any plans to post high res for wall paper?

Those really are outstanding.

[eXe]

Very cool pics, That russian made MCM was interesting as well, Had never seen one of those before. Great Job

[eclipse1]

very nice!! good work...;)

[ExMB]

Those are awesome. keep them coming.

[artherd]

This is awesome! Mind sharing what rig you used? Just a big flash on a IR trigger?

[Spieler]

VERY COOL!


Thanks for sharing those.

[45R]

Nice pictures.

From my 10D
This is all the brass I have been able to catch because the HS/LC guys are really slow shooters :)

http://www.pbase.com/45r/image/32081599.jpg
EXIF:1/250s f/8.0 at 122.0mm iso100

http://www.pbase.com/45r/image/29854065.jpg
EXIF:1/125s f/5.6 at 95.0mm iso100 with Flash

http://www.pbase.com/45r/image/29854076.jpg
EXIF:1/180s f/8.0 at 60.0mm iso100

[aguyindallas]

Very very nice!!!

By the way, gotta love the pic of the glock with 'da switch'

I know folks, its been a while since anyone mentioned da switch...

[freeride21a]

I second the wall paper sized images! do it!

[kcslim]

I'm impressed,those pics are excellent.

[Kevlarman]

It could be a Glock 18, but I think it's just a 17 with one of those thingamabobs that replaces the slide cover plate enabling it to be full auto.
Neat!

[Highpower1]

that's pretty dang awesome. I now have one of the photo's as my background of my computer at work!!!

[rem]

Awesome shots Gunhead. Would you happen to have high res shots, especially of the 640? I would really like one if you do.

[musher]

the trick is to follow the bullet with the camera

...hard on the camera though!

[Black Majik]

gunhead,

quite impressive pictures indeed. Keep up the good work and take more pictures for us to see! :D

[fiVe]

Gunhead,

Great pics! My favorite is the S&W 640.


:D MORE PLEASE!! :D

[mattz357]

That 640 picture is AWESOME!

[45R]

Was it thousandths of a second that you fired of the camera or millionth of a sec. My 10D cant shoot that fast?

[voilsb]

I really like the wheelgun pic. What's it look like if you shoot .357 mag?

[mattz357]

voil, it would look MUCH different if he fired .357! His is an older 640 that is only rated for .38.

[FireStar_M40]

GunHead, you said..

"The shots were made in complete darkness - the range master was a bit uneasy about that".

Shmooze him! Crank out a copy of your shots and have them printed on 8" x 10" glossy photo paper.. then offer them to him. This way when you ask to do it again, he probably won't hesitate.. or be apprehensive about giving you the go ahead.

FireStar_M40

P.S. Your photo's? As "Tony the Tiger" would say.. "THEY'RE GREAT!"

[GTKrockeTT]

that wheelie pic is sweet...looks like a little horizontal mushroom cloud.

[nipprdog]

bordrerlees wheelie pic.

:D

[otomik]

margolin, Princess Leia's carry piece, i want one.

has everybody seen this one?
http://www.drs.com/products/popups.cfm?ID=74

[trapperjohn]

to sharpen the bullet you need a shorter flash duration. Are you sure it is on the shortest duration possible?
set the 'film speed' as high as possible, and use the largest aperture that is acceptable. that will minimize the amount of light that is required from the flash. a flash adjusts its output by changing the duration of the flash. less light needed means shorter duration.

or you could buy a dandy 4 nanosecond flash bulb :D they are so fast you can not even see it if you look directly at it.

[Gunhead]

45r,

Unfortunately a millionth sec flash costs 8.000-16.000 USD. That would completely freeze the bullet in flight. I have no money for a device like this, but I am in the (slow) process of building one...

What I used is a consumer flash which can produce (depending on the model) 1/20.000-1/50.000 shutter speed equivalent.

[mfree]

Couldn't you also slow the bullet by decreasing the angle of the camera shot along the path of the projectile? You'd have to be careful though, too close on one side and you'll shoot the camera and too close on the other and the muzzle blast could obscure your round.

Maybe you could take photos of colibri/super colibri rounds exiting a .22 pistol :)

----
p.s. I wonder if anyone's ever taken ultra slow motion video of a bullet failure, the type where the rotational speed of a bullet leaving the muzzle rips it to shreds?

[Maddock]

WOW!
Very nice, thank you.

[voilsb]

Thus said mattz357:
voil (sic), it would look MUCH different if he fired .357! His is an older 640 that is only rated for .38.Thanks for the FYI (I'm not too knowledgeable about wheel guns yet). But what about a similar revolver that *was* rated for .357?

[waktasz]

oooo can't wait to see the STI pics

[GOT]

AWESOME pics Gunhead and everybody else!!!

Thos would be cool as a desktop image (1440 X 900)!